Fear-filled Phantasms by Richard Sala

After their secret civilization is exposed to the humans, the Cat People find themselves facing threats to their survival on all sides and perhaps even from within. Can it truly be one of the Cat People who are abducting and subjecting their own kind to twisted experiments intended to make them "human" but leave them mutilated and hideously malformed? Who will be emerge victorious from The War of the Cat People?

The Cat People have enjoyed the spotlight at two RPG-related posts at our sister blog, Shades of Gray. You can read them by clicking here and here.

Fear-filled Phantasms by Richard Sala

For thousands of years, the shape-shifting Cat People have walked among us, secretly co-existing with us... and sometimes preying upon us. But now, one catman's lust for a human woman is threatening their secret world during The Night of the Cat People!

The Cat People have enjoyed the spotlight at two RPG-related posts at our sister blog, Shades of Gray. You can read them by clicking here and here.

Tuneful Tuesday: The Song of the Cat People

It's the last Tuesday before Halloween, and we're closing our presentations of cover versions of the immortal song "Cat People" with two different versions--one guitar-driven instrumental by the Breakaways... and a haunting version by Danish band Phosphoric with a female vocalist and a cello, front and center.

Again, there aren't any videos here to speak of--the one for the Phospheric cover is more annoying than anything else, frankly--but the music is great!

The original "Cat People" film was released in 1942.

There was a remake (the version for which David Bowie performed the "Cat People" song) was released in 1982.

Here's hoping there's another remake in the works for release in 2022. It would be great to have a tradition of a "Cat People" remake being released every 40 years...

Tuneful Tuesday: The Song of the Cat People

This week's cover of Georgio Morodor and David Bowie's theme song for the 1982 movie "Cat Peope" is by rock band Electric Six. There is no video, but it's another great version of this spectacular song, with the band making it completely their own. (It feels both old and completely new, which is fitting, since it came from Electric Six's 2015 album titled "Mimicry and Memories".)

Tuneful Tuesday: The Song of the Catpeople

 Well... frankly, if the video is anything to go by, Bella Wagner's fantastic cover of the theme song for the 1982 film "Cat People", "Cat People (Putting out Fire)", is about Fish People. One has to wonder what they're doing with fire OR gasoline or why they even have the saying. 

As is fitting, this cover is renamed "Putting Out Fire"--since there are no cat people anywhere in sight. With that said, sit back and enjoy the great music and the intriguing visuals!

Tuneful Tuesday: The Song of the Cat People

Baby Snakes is a hard-rocking band from Norway, and they've done a fabulous metalish cover of the immortal "Cat People" song from 1982. The video isn't great--just concert and behind-the-music clips--but it's a great cover version!

31 Nights of Hallowen: Catcalls

Horror stories in the gothic tradition are part (or wholly) morality tales. Tonight's tidbit of terror marries modern sensibilities with great and time-honored horror traditions.

"Catcalls" is a superb short film that creates and keeps suspense equally from its technical execution, the performances of the actors, and an excellent attention to details in all things. For example, there is a wide shot early on where something small and seemingly random happens off to one side, but it turns out to actually be a neat bit of foreshadowing.


Catcalls (2017)
Starring: Martin O'Sullivan, Edel Murphy, and Sarah Kinlin
Director: Kate Dolan
Rating: Nine of Ten Stars


And remember, especially if you're prone to being boorish or are a pervert: The cat people are on the prowl... moreso than any other time of the year than during the 31 Nights of Halloween!

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In celebration of the Cat People, every Tuesday for the rest of October, you'll find a cover of the excellent Georgio Moroder/David Bowie song theme song from the 1982 remake of "Cat People", "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)", here at Terror Titans. As a preview, and to establish the very high baseline the covers are aspiring to rise above, we're presenting the original today.